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The public adored John Martin's apocalyptic images of destruction and chaos yet the art establishment shunned him, helping to consign the British artist's works to the storage vaults.

Mongolia's law banning mining in the country's river and forest areas is necessary to protect the mineral-rich Asian country's environment and herdsmen's livelihoods, President Tsakhia Elbegdorj said on Monday.

Five arrests were made on the third day of Occupy Wall Street protests in New York's Financial District.

Ugandan legislators want the speaker to call an emergency session of the house to discuss a government dispute with Britain's Heritage Oil over tax payments, an opposition MP said on Monday.

But the payment to the Dowlers may only be the beginning of News International’s expected largesse to phone hacking victims.

The Occupy Wall Street movement is leaderless and mostly peaceful, but it's been a powerful force in disrupting activity on and around New York's Wall Street since starting on Saturday.

The United Nations will hold a high-level two-day summit beginning Monday to discuss its intentions of tackling the global epidemic, which could reach $47 trillion in the next two decades, if no medical solution is found.

More and more people around the world are diagnosed with infectious diseases such as heart and lung disease, cancer and diabetes each year, yet there may be cheaper solutions to prevent and treat millions of these cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Blair was flown to Tripoli on Gaddafi’s private jets at the Colonel’s expense.

The Occupy Wall Street protest is disrupting Wall Street for a third consecutive day -- this time when the stock market will open. New York City police are limiting access to Wall Street Monday morning, requiring residents and workers in blocks surrounding the New York Stock Exchange to show identification.

The London Bullion Market Association is working out ways for refiners on its Good Delivery List to avoid falling foul of new regulations against conflict gold as a number one priority, LBMA chairman David Gornall told Reuters on Sunday.

Swiss bank UBS has kicked off an internal investigation into the catastrophic failure of its risk systems after raising the amount it lost on rogue equity trades to $2.3 billion.

Nine-man Liverpool succumbed to their second successive defeat at White Hart Lane as Tottenham flew to a 4-0 win.

Doctors at the London’s Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital have successfully separated twin girls born conjoined at the head.

Sany Heavy Industry Co Ltd , China's largest construction machinery maker, could raise up to $3.33 billion in the second biggest stock offering this year in Hong Kong, braving volatile markets to raise funds for expansion of its factories.

UBS announced the loss from unauthorized trading equated to approximately $2.3 billion, more than the $2 billion that was initially reported.

Kate Moss reveled at London Fashion Week on Saturday, taking in the Mulberry show with her friends Kristen Stewart and Romola Garai.

Andre Villas-Boas' will face his toughest challenge as Chelsea manager to-date when his side travels to Old Trafford to take on the champions Manchester United on Sunday.

UBS, it appears, had no idea that accused rogue trader Kweku Adoboli might be messing around with unauthorized risks in its London office, losing $2 billion. It's shocking that $2 billion could slip away so easily, but that's apparently what happened. The bank's analytics simply never caught on, and by now, you know what happened from there -- $2 billion is gone, and the 31-year-old Adoboli has been arrested by London police and charged with three counts while UBS, the Swiss bank with ...

Fewer newborn babies in China are dying today when compared to 1996, researchers found. A study shows that newborn deaths fell 62 percent, as it went from 24.7 per 1,000 live births in 1996 to 9.3 in 2008.

The future of the music business is social, free -- and hopefully profitable.